United Planets expedition to Altair IV
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The United Planets expedition to Altair IV is the ill-fated starship mission in the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet" that discovers Dr. Edward Morbius and the remnants of an advanced alien civilization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United Planets expedition to Altair IV canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23481014 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Planets expedition to Altair IV Context triple: [Dr. Edward Morbius, affiliation, United Planets expedition to Altair IV]
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A.
Visit to a Small Planet
Visit to a Small Planet is a 1960 science-fiction comedy film starring Jerry Lewis, adapted from Gore Vidal’s play about an alien visitor who comes to Earth and becomes entangled in Cold War-era American culture.
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B.
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Record of a Spaceborn Few is a character-driven science fiction novel by Becky Chambers set in her Wayfarers universe, exploring the lives of humans aboard a generation ship long after leaving Earth.
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C.
Triplanetary
Triplanetary is a classic science fiction novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that serves as a foundational prequel to his Lensman series, depicting interstellar conflict and the origins of the Lensmen.
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D.
The Forgotten Planet
The Forgotten Planet is a science fiction novel, often associated with mid-20th-century pulp SF, that depicts human survivors struggling to live on a hostile world overrun by gigantic mutated insects.
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E.
Frontier in Space
Frontier in Space is a 1973 Doctor Who serial featuring the Third Doctor and his companion Jo Grant in a political thriller involving interstellar tensions between Earth and Draconia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Planets expedition to Altair IV Target entity description: The United Planets expedition to Altair IV is the ill-fated starship mission in the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet" that discovers Dr. Edward Morbius and the remnants of an advanced alien civilization.
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A.
Visit to a Small Planet
Visit to a Small Planet is a 1960 science-fiction comedy film starring Jerry Lewis, adapted from Gore Vidal’s play about an alien visitor who comes to Earth and becomes entangled in Cold War-era American culture.
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B.
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Record of a Spaceborn Few is a character-driven science fiction novel by Becky Chambers set in her Wayfarers universe, exploring the lives of humans aboard a generation ship long after leaving Earth.
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C.
Triplanetary
Triplanetary is a classic science fiction novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that serves as a foundational prequel to his Lensman series, depicting interstellar conflict and the origins of the Lensmen.
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D.
The Forgotten Planet
The Forgotten Planet is a science fiction novel, often associated with mid-20th-century pulp SF, that depicts human survivors struggling to live on a hostile world overrun by gigantic mutated insects.
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E.
Frontier in Space
Frontier in Space is a 1973 Doctor Who serial featuring the Third Doctor and his companion Jo Grant in a political thriller involving interstellar tensions between Earth and Draconia.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.